RC44 Championship Tour, a BMW Oracle Racing anche le regate di flotta
MonotipiaRC44Vela 4 Maggio 2010 Zerogradinord 0
RC44 Championship Tour – Lago Traunsee – Si è conclusa con la vittoria di BMW Oracle Racing la serie di regate di flotta dell’RC44 Austria Cup, evento valido come seconda tappa dell’RC44 Championship Tour. Lo scafo di Larry Ellison, già vincitore del match race che ha aperto la settimana di regate, ha chiuso la propria partecipazione a pari punti con i compagni di squadra di RC44 Challenge e li ha sopravanzati in virtù dei migliori parziali.
Grazie a questa affermazione BMW Oracle Racing si è assicurato la vittoria assoluta dell’RC44 Austria Cup. Secondo si è invece classificato il campione in carica, nonochè leader del circuito, Team No Way Back, di Pieter Heerema, giunto quarto nel match race e terzo nelle regate di flotta.
RC44 Austria Cup, final ranking fleet races
1. BMW Oracle Racing, Ellison-Verwilghen, 1-2-8-2-9-1-1-4, pt. 28
2. RC44 Challenge, Vickers, 3-5-2-3-3-5-6-1, pt. 28
3. Team No Way Back, Pieter Heerema, 2-1-3-8-8-9-5-3, pt. 39
4. Team Sea Dubai, Harm Muller Spreer, 6-4-10-6-1-3-2-9, pt. 41
5. Ceeref, Igor Lah, 10-3-1-1-10-6-9-2, pt. 42
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RC 44 Austria Cup, overall ranking
1. BMW Oracle Racing, 1-1, pt. 2
2. Team No Way Back, 4-3, pt. 7
3. RC44 Challenge, 6-2, pt. 8
4. Team Sea Dubai, 5-4, pt. 9
5. Katusha, 3-8, pt. 11
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Video courtesy RC44 Championship Tour.
RC44 CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR, AND THE WINNER IS…
[RC44 Championship Tour Press Release] It went down to the last hurdle between BMW Oracle Racing and their America’s Cup team mates on board RC44 Challenge, with both teams separated by three points ahead of the last race. “We didn’t think we were still in a position to win the race”, confessed tactician John Kostecki at the end of the day. “If we had known this, I guess we would have done some things slightly differently”. Nevertheless, the tandem Kostecki / Spithill and their amateur helmsman Ian Vickers couldn’t have done much better in this last race, winning by a comfortable margin.
The outcome of the fleet race therefore unfolded behind, in a very tough battle between five teams competing for a podium position. BMW Oracle Racing started the last race in the middle of the line and struggled to find clear air. The team then spent the regatta swapping places with No Way Back, Islas Canarias Puerto Calero and Ceeref, trying hard to keep as close as possible from the leader. BMW Oracle Racing eventually crossed the arrival line in fourth, just a couple of meters ahead of the Spaniards after overtaking them during the last run; a move that proved to be synonymous with overall victory.
The fight for the third place of the podium also proved superb, with four teams separated by one point ahead of the last race. Pieter Heerema’s No Way Back – unlucky early in the day when it got stuck in a fishing line and had to send a crewmember in the freezing cold waters of Lake Traunsee to cut the line off – fought its way back up the ranking, finishing third of the last race and third overall ahead of Team Sea Dubai and Ceeref.
Both Artemis, Katusha and Team Aqua – used to the spotlights – suffered today. Team Aqua and Artemis – the winners of the last event in Dubai – finished respectively 9th and 7th of the fleet regatta. As for Katusha, 8th in the final ranking, its situation is quite different: the boat owner – Guennadi Timtchenko – started sailing for the first time during this regatta. He did a great job, staying in touch throughout the event thanks to the help of his coach, Paul Cayard.
Winner of both the match and fleet race, BMW Oracle Racing conquers the RC 44 Austria Cup; a ranking based on the combination of both fleet and match racing. No Way Back finishes second and RC44 Challenge third.
Thanks to their third place overall in Dubai and Austria, No Way Back currently leads the RC44 Championship Tour 2010 ahead of Artemis and Team Sea Dubai.
RC44 Austria Cup, final ranking fleet races
1. BMW Oracle Racing, Ellison-Verwilghen, 1-2-8-2-9-1-1-4, pt. 28
2. RC44 Challenge, Vickers, 3-5-2-3-3-5-6-1, pt. 28
3. Team No Way Back, Pieter Heerema, 2-1-3-8-8-9-5-3, pt. 39
4. Team Sea Dubai, Harm Muller Spreer, 6-4-10-6-1-3-2-9, pt. 41
5. Ceeref, Igor Lah, 10-3-1-1-10-6-9-2, pt. 42
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RC 44 Austria Cup, overall ranking
1. BMW Oracle Racing, 1-1, pt. 2
2. Team No Way Back, 4-3, pt. 7
3. RC44 Challenge, 6-2, pt. 8
4. Team Sea Dubai, 5-4, pt. 9
5. Katusha, 3-8, pt. 11
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